Luke 16:19-31

Universalism refuted

• Luke 16:22-23 – One saved, one not.

Materialism refuted

• Luke 16:24-25 – Both still existed after death.

• The eternal spirit lives on after death. The material is not all there is.

• II Corinthians 4:16; 5:1

• Ecclesiastes 12:7

Spiritualism refuted

• Luke 16:27-29 – The dead could not commune with the living.

Soul sleeping refuted

• Some teach that at death, the soul sleeps until judgment.

• Luke 16:24-25 – Both were still conscious.

Predestination refuted

• Some teach that God selected certain people to be saved before time began.

• Luke 16:28-29 – His brothers could hear Moses and repent.

• Man has a choice in the matter!

Purgatory (second chance) refuted

• Luke 16:26 – Gulf could not be crossed.